Sleep or shut down?

[Zeebedy]

hey guys,

how does sleep mode work on the Mac? Any good?

Im thinking of rather than shutting down every time I use my Mac, to put it in sleep..im guessing that power draw is minimal and safe enough to leave, say, over a day or two if need be?

 

[Zeebedy]

I’ve just been using sleep on my M2 Air. Makes no noticeable difference to battery life so I’d imagine it will be minimal power usage for a plugged in Mac.

that's a fair point, I don't shut down my MBA,just close the lid, which is the same I suppose. will try it out, hopefully it will put my speakers to sleep too..I hate having to reach over and manually turn them off at the sub.

 

[Zeebedy]

just double checked, 5watts it draws, so not too bad!

 

[Zeebedy]

On both MacBooks, I can't remember the last time I shut them down.

what about your desktop ChrisD?

 

[Zeebedy]

Awesome, cheers.